The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.

这个词的首要地位，人类心理的基础，在我们这个时代已经被用来令人费解的说服和洗脑的纸浆，被吞噬的耻辱和广告文案的贬低，仍然是一股自由的力量，在所有的酒吧之间飞来飞去。

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.

我们这个时代的问题是如何妥善管理财富，以便使兄弟情谊的纽带仍然能够把富人和穷人和谐地联系在一起。

The problem with having evil minions is that minions are stupid.

拥有邪恶的小黄人的问题在于小黄人很愚蠢。

The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

金字塔本身，由于年事已高，已经忘记了其创始人的名字。

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.

世界进步缓慢的原因似乎只有一个。各人是在轭下生的，在他年纪的重压下长大。

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

伟大艺术的秘诀总是痛苦和良好的排便。

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

亚撒其馀的事，凡他所行的，和他的勇力，并他所建造的城邑，都写在犹大列王记上。然而年老的时候，他的脚生了病。

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

规则是完美的:在所有意见上，我们的对手都是疯子。

The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

各个时代的统治思想都曾是统治阶级的思想。

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it grants to our sense of smell by the ferocity with which it assails our sense of hearing.

我们正在进入的卫生和机械时代，以其对我们听觉的猛烈攻击，弥补了它赋予我们嗅觉的仁慈。

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

天才的秘密在于将孩子的精神带入老年，这意味着永远不要失去你的热情。

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

保持年轻的秘诀是诚实地生活，慢慢吃，谎报年龄。

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that fits all cases.

适合一个人的鞋会夹住另一个人;没有适合所有情况的生活秘诀。

The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show.

少量的愚蠢的聪明人已经做出了伟大的表现。

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

太阳，有那么多行星围绕着它旋转并依赖着它，它仍然可以使一串葡萄成熟，就好像在宇宙中没有其他事情可做一样。